What is Data-driven Justice?


One of the main priorities of the European Union for the period 2019-2024 is the so-called "European Data Strategy" as a driver of innovation and growth.

In the same vein, there is a state strategy that pursues both the design of reference frameworks for data management and the definition of standards for data analysis for administrations in a multilevel system.  The primary objective is to have information available for decision-making and the implementation of public policies based on data and evidence.

In the field of Justice, Data-driven Justice is presented as a priority project for the Administration of Justice, within the framework of co-governance. It has been agreed in the framework of the Sectoral Conference and is addressed from a technical point of view, in the State Technical Committee for Electronic Justice Administration (CTEAJE).

This project, which is part of the roadmap of the Justice 2030/PRTR Plan, aims to create between all the administrations with competences - the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the State Prosecutor's Office (FGE), inter-administrative bodies such as the National Commission of Judicial Statistics (CNEJ) and other ministries- , an inter-administrative data platform with open access that integrates the different disaggregated and geo-referenced quantitative information systems, both the administrations providing justice and other administrations whose data facilitate management decisions.

Data-driven justice involves:
 

  • Joint integration of information on a common open platform.
  • Joint definition and refinement of indicators.
  • Use of information.
  • Transparency, publicity, communication and training, through different channels.
  • Regulatory compliance and advocacy initiatives for a data-driven strategy.


The architecture is based on three elements:
 

1. Data warehouse

It is a model of collaboration between administrations and organisations to transfer and obtain data in an environment of collaboration and co-responsibility.
 

Ejemplo de un Lago de datos


       

2. Dashboard (Statistical use)


A system of dashboards and use of information, with visualisations and tabular formats that enable evidence-based public policy decision making.
 

Ejemplo de un Cuadro de Mandos

 

         

3. Use of geo-referenced information


A geo-referenced information module that allows advanced visualisations of information. The information system covers the whole territory, down to the municipality, and advanced operations can also be considered.

Ejemplo de modulo de información georreferenciada